Asia Prizes 2015
Matsumoto Y's Men's Club (Azusa District, Japan East Region),
held their 17th edition of the essay-writing competition for Asia
Prizes in December 2015.
Started in 1999 by the Matsumoto Club, the Asia Prizes encourages
self-sponsored Asia students studying in Japan to develop
themselvesand to achieve their dreams.
The prizes were for outstanding essays written inJapanese.
The manuscripts of the contestants were excellent and rich in
variety and covered topics such as living as foreigners in Japan,
the differences in culture and the importance of international
under-standing.
They were all looking forward to making the best of the knowledge
and experiences acquired in Japan after they return to their
countries. Nobutoshi Iijima